Welcome reader to my blog - a mixture of this and that. Now that we are living in a retirement community in downtown Columbia, MD my personal gardening activities are somewhat curtailed. I still enjoy visiting gardens, reading, watching wildlife on my walks, traveling, and occasional food commentary. Please leave a comment if you feel inspired to do so. I read every one of them.

Thursday, March 2, 2017

Fort Morgan, Alabama

At the western tip of a barrier island in the Gulf of Mexico is Fort Morgan.

Now a state park, it has played a part in the history of the US beginning with the War of 1812.

It's a masonry star fort on Mobile Bay.

During the Civil War the fort was captured when Alabama seceded from the Union.

With the North winning the Battle of Mobile Bay the Fort was then occupied by the Union again.